Boxmeer (Netherlands) – Merck Animal Health (known as MSD Animal Health outside the USA and Canada) today announced that it has received marketing authorization in the European Union for PORCILIS® M Hyo ID ONCE, the first single-shot vaccine against Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae (M Hyo) infection in pigs for intradermal administration. PORCILIS M Hyo ID ONCE is approved in the 25 member states of the European Union plus Iceland and Norway for the active immunization of finishing pigs to reduce pulmonary lesions and the decrease in daily weight gain during the finishing period due to infection caused by M Hyo.

(CSEA) – Canadian Swine Exporters Association is pleased to announce that negotiations are finalized and trade in Purebred swine genetics can now resume. China halted importation last May, 2009 due to H1N1 concerns in China. The Canadian swine genetics industry enjoys a well earned reputation for exceptional quality, reliability and value. The Chinese swine industry […]

Schaumburg, IL (AVMA) — Their numbers are dwindling at such a rate that our food supply may be in jeopardy – and that decline may continue as their educational debt continues to rise. These are just two of the challenges facing food animal veterinary medicine, one of the bulwarks of our food safety system. The […]

GREENFIELD, Ind., March 8, 2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX News Network/ — Elanco, the animal health division of Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY), today announced that Lilly has signed an agreement to acquire the European rights to a portfolio of certain Pfizer Animal Health products. The products, including vaccines, parasiticides and feed additives, are used in both the production animal and companion animal markets.

Dublin (PRESS RELEASE) – The Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Brendan Smith TD, is pleased to announce significant progress with the National Aujeszky’s Disease Control and Eradication Programme and today launches Phase 3 of the programme. The objective of this programme is to officially eliminate Aujeszky’s Disease from the national pig herd. This will […]

BOXMEER (Netherlands), January 13, 2010 – Treatment of Bovine Respiratory Disease (BRD) in cattle with a combination preparation consisting of the anti-infective drug florfenicol and the anti-inflammatory drug flunixin meglumine (RESFLOR® Solution for Injection), results in control of bacterial growth, reduction of fever and reduction of lung consolidation. This conclusion was drawn last month at […]

BOXMEER (the Netherlands), October 8, 2009 — Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health today announced that it has initiated a multy-year sponsorship project, supporting the Shire Highlands Milk Producers Association (SHMPA) in Malawi, a developing country in southeast Africa. The primary objective of the project is to support smallholder dairy farmers in the Shire Highlands to improve their […]

In the past, producers have had to rely on oral antibiotics, given in feed or water, to protect animals during this vulnerable period. But, according to Jens Chr. Jensen, this has a number of drawbacks. “The amount of antibiotic that an individual pig receives using this system of delivery is very unpredictable,” he says. “Many […]

London (DEFRA) – BSE has been diagnosed in a Hereford X Cow, born on 16 July 2002, 71 months after 1 August 1996, when extra control measures on animal feed containing mammalian meat and bone meal (MMBM) are considered to have been fully implemented.

The animal was taken as a clinical suspect under the compulsory BSE passive surveillance programme; or Its farm of origin was in Monmouthshire. At 39 months of age it moved to a second farm in Powys where it remained until it was slaughtered as a BSE
suspected on 12 August 2008 aged 72 months Disease was officially confirmed on 03 September 2008.

Washington (NPPC) – Saying that they are a necessary tool to protect animal and public health, the National Pork Producers Council at a congressional hearing held today urged lawmakers not to restrict the use of antibiotics in pork production. Testifying on behalf of NPPC, Dr. Craig Rowles, a veterinarian and partner with Elite Pork in […]

Hannover (DLG) – The International DLG Exhibition for animal husbandry and management, EuroTier 2008, being held at the Exhibition Grounds in Hanover from 11 to 14 November 2008, has exerted a hitherto unequalled attraction on manufacturers of machinery, equipment, installations and farm inputs as well as animal exhibitors from Germany and other countries. With 1,694 […]

(FDA) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, part of the Department of Health and Human Services, today released for public comment draft guidance on the regulation of genetically engineered (GE) animals. The guidance document is intended to clarify the FDA’s regulatory authority in this field, as well as the requirements and recommendations for producers […]

Washington (NPPC) – An undercover video shot by the animal-rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals shows on an Iowa farm mistreatment of hogs, including practices not condoned and, in fact, abhorred by America’s pork producers. The National Pork Producers Council condemns the mistreatment of animals that took place on the Iowa farm […]

KENILWORTH, N.J., September 10, 2008 – Schering-Plough Corporation (NYSE: SGP) today announced the successful closing of its previously announced transaction with Pfizer Animal Health, to divest certain animal health products from selected franchises in the European Economic Area to Pfizer. These divestments were requested by the European Commission as part of its October 2007 clearance […]

O0ndon (DEFRA) – Defra today announced the detection of Bluetongue in 18 imported cattle on premises near Bishop Auckland, County Durham. The animals originated from within the BTV8 Restricted Zone in Germany and were detected as a result of post-import testing carried out by Defra on all Bluetongue susceptible animals arriving from Continental Europe. This […]